In the aftermath of horrific events that took place in Las Vegas, NV last evening, I want to inform everyone that the 12 members of the South Shore Area Local delegation to the APWU All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas, NV are all safe and unharmed.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims and families devastated by this unspeakable tragedy. Read More...

Members are strongly advised to make sure they clock onto the correct operation numbers as they are working each day.
The work members do each day needs to be properly recorded. Why. Read More...Download: Function 4 MODS OPNS Jan 2014.pdf

Members are urged to contact their legislator at 844-402-1001. Ask them to vote NO on the Trump budget. Trump's budget will have many negative effects on working people, postal workers in particular. Read More...

Peak Season Exemption Period is approaching for postal annuitants who wish to work as Holiday Clerk Assistants (HCAs) during the peak holiday season. The exemption period will be from November 11, 2017 through January 5, 2018. HCAs will be hired for three consecutive pay periods and be paid at an hourly rate of $16.92.
The deadline for annuitants to apply is September 25, 2017. Read More...

Committee members wanted to organize this year's Children Xmas Party. Read More...

House Budget Goes Beyond White House Blueprint
House Budget Goes Beyond White House Blueprint
On July 19, the House Budget Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2018 budget resolution. As anticipated, the 2018 House Budget is in the same mold as the White House budget – it punishes workers and the working-class, while giving big payouts to the rich. The resolution instructs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (which has jurisdiction over the Postal Service and postal/federal employee annuity benefits) to cut $32 billion in the programs and agencies they oversee during ten years. Read More...

The Postal Service Reform Act of 2017
A Positive Step Forward
WEB NEWS ARTICLE #:
14-2017
02/07/2017 - On Feb. 7, a hearing was held before the full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). The legislation, introduced on Jan.
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APWU wins! USPS ends Staples affiliation

Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle. The boycott against Staples is over!
“I salute and commend every member and supporter who made this victory possible,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “I never doubted that if we stayed the course, stuck together and kept the activist pressure on, we would win this fight.”
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